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Book SynopsisTrade Review. . . these women all made original contributions to their disciplines and shattered contemporary notions of feminine roles by choosing to subordinate domestic and family concerns to a life of scientific discovery. -- M.H. Chaplin, Wellesley College
. . . these women all made original contributions to their disciplines and shattered contemporary notions of feminine roles by choosing to subordinate domestic and family concerns to a life of scientific discovery. -- M.H. Chaplin, Wellesley College
Table of Contentschapter 1 Introduction chapter 2 Maria Mitchell chapter 3 Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards chapter 4 Marie Sklodowska Curie chapter 5 Alice Hamilton chapter 6 Florence Rena Sabin chapter 7 Lillian Moller Gilbreth chapter 8 Lise Meitner chapter 9 Emmy Noether chapter 10 Leta Stetter Hollingworth chapter 11 Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori chapter 12 Florence Seibert chapter 13 Barbara McClintock chapter 14 Maria Goeppert-Mayer chapter 15 Rita Levi-Montalcini chapter 16 Rosalind Franklin chapter 17 Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkins chapter 18 Notes chapter 19 Index